Exactly the same problem as I had with my XDA IIi, I'm sure I've seen a registry hack to hide, unhide the battery icon ?
Can any point me in the right direction
Another registry hack & solution :
-Use a registry editor and open:
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINCE\Services\Power
-Change ShowIcon from 0 to 1. (1 = Show Icon)
-Soft-reset
Thanks a lot - I've been wondering about that one as there is a battery icon in the System Tray until the extended ROM installs. Will try it out in a bit!
Ok i have searched for this, using both google and the forum search, and all i have found is ways to have clock and date, or no clock and the battery icon.
Some roms have both the battery icon and the clock in the top bar. Is there a simple registry edit i can use to do this?
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry
@Lover: Thats not really what he's looking for i think. He wants the clock and the batt at the same time (next to each other I guess) There's no reg edit to get BOTH the battery and the clock
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@Lover: Thats not really what he's looking for i think. He wants the clock and the batt at the same time (next to each other I guess) There's no reg edit to get BOTH the battery and the clock
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Lover's right. Look almost half way down the page:
Show Time,Date,both or Battery on top bar at Today screen
is the title.
Yes and that means show:
a) Time
b) Date
c) Both (Date and Time)
d) Batt
option e) is unavalable: Time and Batt
Perhaps Wisbar Advanced helps you, is comercial software, but you can set up your title bar like you want...date, time, battery, memory, etc... give a try.
Regards.
thanks for your replies. Its strange though cause some of the roms around have this.
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thanks for your replies. Its strange though cause some of the roms around have this.
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Might be an idea to ask the creators of those Roms then, don't you think?
maybe you could try pbar (made by nncuong, at the development and hacking section). it has the capability to show the time above the remaining battery charge (in %), and can also show the battery level indicator at the topmost portion of the screen.
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Ok i have searched for this, using both google and the forum search, and all i have found is ways to have clock and date, or no clock and the battery icon.
Some roms have both the battery icon and the clock in the top bar. Is there a simple registry edit i can use to do this?
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Why not have all 3, date,time, and battery icon to show in the title bar? For date and time:
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/SHELL
add a new binary value: TBOpt
data: 13 00 00 00
OK.....soft reset.
For the customizable battery icon, download this very small app.
If you want AM or PM to show by the time, download tweaks2k2, good for 3 tweaks. This is the way my 8125 is set up, and I've been very happy with it!
8125
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Why not have all 3, date,time, and battery icon to show in the title bar? For date and time:
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/SHELL
add a new binary value: TBOpt
data: 13 00 00 00
OK.....soft reset.
For the customizable battery icon, download this very small app.
If you want AM or PM to show by the time, download tweaks2k2, good for 3 tweaks. This is the way my 8125 is set up, and I've been very happy with it!
8125
2.25.11.1
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Gotta do it this way then.
Awsome thanks mate. ill take a look
hotdog53 said:
For date and time:
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/SHELL
add a new binary value: TBOpt
data: 13 00 00 00
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Standard type of TBopt value is DWORD. Leave it DWORD, simple set to 19. Soft reset. Result - date and time in two lines. Enjoy
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Gotta do it this way then.
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If you install the battery app, either cut/paste, or copy/paste the executable in windows start up folder so that the battery icon is in the title bar each time the device wakes up.
hi, so whats the solution for TIME AND BATTERY? (no date please!)
This was from the windows mobile team blog. More to follow but wanted to post it for those who don't read that.
Original link: http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2008/06/03/customizing-the-sliding-panel-homescreen.aspx
Customizing the Sliding Panel Homescreen
from Windows Mobile Team Blog by Jorge Peraza
Hi, my name is Jorge Peraza; I am a Developer on the Windows Mobile team that was responsible for the new “Sliding Panel” home screen in Windows Mobile 6.1.
When we were working on the visual style and functionality of the home screen we tried to make something that looked both professional and appealing while still showcasing all the information the user is going to need to know what’s important and requires attention. While I think the default design looks really cool, we added some customization features to enable users to make it their own.
Customizing the layout
The home screen layout can be modified using the same home.xml file from previous versions of WM, the schema of the file was extended to allow the customization of many of its elements, this includes the art assets that are used for most of the plug-ins.
When you open the SlidingPanel.home.xml file (inside \ApplicationData\Home) you will find the plug-in element that corresponds to the sliding panel home screen (its CLSID is {E9267CAB-02EE-4f37-8216-6BF6A8FF5A71}). All the child elements inside it are designed to tweak and customize the way the home screen will look.
The top level element is the plugins tag, this has one attribute called “Order” and it’s used to list the plug-ins that will be shown and the order they are going to be laid out on the screen.
The built in plug-in names are:
1)CClock – The big clock
2)CAppointments - The calendar plugin
3)CHome – The notifications plugin
4)CMyPhotos – The photos plugin
5)CMessage – The message center (this is off by default on all sliding panel built in layouts.
6)CMusic – The music plugin
7)Settings – The settings plug-in
8)Custom Plugin – Users can specify custom plug-ins with static content that can be displayed on the home screen.
For example, the XML snippet bellow moves the photos plug-in to the first position and enables the message center (which is turned off by default on both "Sliding Panel" and "Sliding Panel Media")
<plugin clsid="{E9267CAB-02EE-4f37-8216-6BF6A8FF5A71}" name="Bronze" height="266">
<Plugins Order="CMyPhotos;CClock;CMessage" />
</plugin>
There are many other ways of customizing the home screen using the plug-in settings like overriding the default images or even adding your own custom plug-ins that display static content, I'll post and updated entry latter on on how to do this in detail but for now, you can use the provided home.xml files to start experimenting with this.
The notifications plug-in and message center
In the sliding panel home screen, the notifications plug-in by default serves as a dual-purpose notifications/gateway to all you phone/message accounts where every page represents one account (so, if you have multiple notifications in one category they will be shown as one summary page).
There is however an alternative behavior where individual notifications are added as independent pages (Similar to what the T-Mobile shadow home screen does) and the plug-in only shows accounts that have new notifications in them. One cool feature of this alternate behavior is that each individual notification can be dismissed without having to leave the home screen.
You can enable this alternative behavior by setting the following registry key to a value other than 2 (The actual value indicates how many pages of each notification type will be added to the home screen before collapsing them into a summary page. We have tested 2 and 5 but feel free to experiment with other values)
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Chome\Chome]
PageCollapseThreshold: DWORD
Note that this prevents you from being able to access the email/phone account data if there are no notifications for it. If you still want to be able to do that you can always re-enable the message center as described in the previous section as a separate plug-in.
There is one more behavioral change you can make that allows you to “dock” the condensed view of the first plug-in to the top of the screen when it is not active, we added this for people like me that want to have the clock always visible. To enable just set the following registry key to “1”
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Chome]
DockOperatorBar: DWORD
Advanced layout modification
There are even more advanced things you can do to further tweak the look of the home screen but it is unsupported by Microsoft at this moment so you’ll have to experiment on your own J (Hint, look at the following files \windows\CHome_240x320.cpr and \windows\CHome_320x240.cpr).
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Thanks to djNutz for posting this information & OrganicM for his efforts.
I wanted to create a post with info about what the different keys do in the CHome section of the registry. So, I'll start with a brand new one, that I bet nobody knows about....
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Chome\Chome]
PageCollapseThreshold: 2 or 5 (DWORD Value)
This will collapse your Notifications panel to only show active notifications. You can enable this alternative behavior by setting the following registry key to a value other than 2 (The actual value indicates how many pages of each notification type will be added to the home screen before collapsing them into a summary page. 2 and 5 were tested and work pretty well.
More to come of course....
should this change be made to the security section too, or does that matter? actually, do changes to the security section ever matter, cause they seem to apply even when you only edit the software section.
p.s.
i'm pretty sure people are gonna ask, so maybe i'll save some trouble instead of looking like an ass by answering preemptively. This DWORD value must be created with your registry editor, it's not already there, at least on ricky v24.
2 = default or normal (i assume cause it looks the same as before) and 5 = condensed.
But for the rest of us who don't have the time to be on every WM blog and forum at once here's my favorite:
To “dock” the condensed view of the first plug-in to the top of the screen when it is not active, set the following registry key to “1”
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Chome]
DockOperatorBar: DWORD
This is so you can have the clock always visible, no matter which panel you're on. You could also set it so that CHome Weather's compact view is always on top. Whatever plugin is first on the list.
More info from MS coming down the pipe:
We can get the day of the week on the clock plugin at the top of CHome by doing this:
Replace this portion...
<!-- Date --> <Text ID="Date" Left="180" Top="83" Width="110" Height="19" FontFamily="Segoe Condensed" FontSize="9" FontStyle="Bold" Wrap="False" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Trimming="EllipsisCharacter"></Text>
With this!
<!-- Date -->
<Text ID="Date" Left="180" Top="83" Width="110" Height="19" FontFamily="Segoe Condensed" FontSize="9" FontStyle="Bold" Wrap="False" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Trimming="EllipsisCharacter"></Text>
<Text ID="Day of Week" Left="65" Top="83" Width="110" Height="19" FontFamily="Segoe Condensed" FontSize="9" FontStyle="Bold" Wrap="False" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Trimming="EllipsisCharacter"></Text>
I will incorporate this in Chome Weather fore sure!
Here you go, the first is my Home
2nd is Scroll Down once
3rd is Scroll Down twice
4th is Scroll Down Thrice
heh
Edit: Tried Month in cpr, no luck.
will keep trying
I'm glad people are finally getting this information out. It makes customization that much easier. I'm adding the tips to the wiki as well, as they come out.
How to Reload the Homescreen
I have two questions:
1. After editing my CHome cpr file, how do I reload the homescreen without having to reboot the device?
2. How can I show any text on the clock panel? Regular text is defined by Text ID = "xxxxx", where xxxxx is something like Time, Network Name, etc. However, suppose I want to have the text "Knowledge Rules", how do I set it up in XML?
I have very little programming and Excalibur experience. So, I apologize if these questions are too naive or have been answered before.
Thanks a lot in advance.
you can use this if you dont use OrganicM Chome Weather
I don't think Microsoft has put out much documentation on the sliding panels plugin yet. Most of the CHome configurations use
Code:
TextID="text 1"
as the delimiter for static text. But that's not to say that the clock plugin will recognize that as a valid section. Could work. Could make your phone useless.
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I don't think Microsoft has put out much documentation on the sliding panels plugin yet. Most of the CHome configurations use
Code:
TextID="text 1"
as the delimiter for static text. But that's not to say that the clock plugin will recognize that as a valid section. Could work. Could make your phone useless.
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I do not understand. How do I make the phone know that:
text 1 = Knowledge Rules?
Typical syntax seems to be Text ID = "xxxx", where xxxx is a variable name, which is recognized by the device. If Text 1 is a valid variable for the device, how do I assign it a value? Am I rambling here?
No, you're not rambling. As far as the information coming from Microsoft and disseminated here on this site goes, it's a best guess right now.
someone at msdn blog asked the same question.
Someone at msdn blog asked the same question. Let's wait to see if we get an answer from there...
From http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile...ustomizing-the-sliding-panel-homescreen.aspx:
"Jorgeba, thanks for taking the time to educate your user. I have some questions.
How do you change the text in the condense clock? The .cpr file has Text ID="Text 1". How is "Text 1" define? I would love to add the date to the condense layout.
The ActionURL and Softkey2 URL in the Appointments plug-in always open calendar in the today view. Is there a way to make one of the button opens calendar in the month view? Setting the default view for calendar does not help."
Easy as pie......
If you know what you are doing.
If you have any xml experience,then you'll know how to adjust x and y values to position things in different places. Yes, you can do that. Just change x=whatever and y=whatever to where you would like them to be. Just know this means that it will start on the left and move x pixels over and y pixels down. If you put in negative values, it will shift them in the opposite direction.
Eg. x=-whatever will move it to the left vs a + value which will move it to the right. Same for y=
Also, you can adjust the valignment and halignment to center, left, or right.
Have fun with these. They apply to everything in your cpr (That's the layout for your homescreen.It's in your \Windows directory on your phone).I mean everything, from where your network displays, right down to your pictures.
That's it. Have fun!
jaymit said:
Hi,
Sorry Im kind of a newbie :s, is it possible to edit home screen panels? I wanted to change the layout and look of the clock plugin.
Thanks!
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Does anybody know how to change font color for certain panels or certain lines of text in the panel? Is it only possible for the whole homescreen?
As far as I know even as far as old xml coding works, you can only change a font color for a selected word or unselected word. Meaning, if you have the old 6.0 your plugins that are selected could have a different color, but unselected could be another color. This applied to the entire homescreen. I have not seen different colors for different plugins, since each panel style is basically its own plugin (each has its own unique GUID), then I doubt you can change font color for each plugin. You can more than likely only change the active selected panel and inactive panel fonts. I am not sure what their titles are in the cpr, but I know that in the old 6.0, the homecolor was one of the fonts colors and the other was called something else.
Eventhough this is 6.1, it doesn't look like much has changed as far as the fonts color goes. You could, however, always try adding a "fontcolor=" command in the cpr and a hex code and try it, to see if it works.
Hope this helps.
Edit your registry or get CHome Config
Both do the same thing. You want to change the plugin order for CHome. It's located in HKLM\Security\CHome\Default Settings and in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CHome. Edit the order you want your plugins to go. Reboot your phone and the new edits should be reflected in your homescreen layout. If you are having trouble cause this is new. Just search this thread for CHome Configurator. It's stickied at the top of this forum. Download it and it will let you select the order in a much easier way. Make sure you reboot, though, or else your changes won't show. Hope this fixes your problem. Later.
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How to change the default location for where the CMyPhotos plugin
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I have that already, All my games are under a folder which i cant make it as a action url
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try this
"ACTIONURL" = "\Windows\Start Menu\Games\xxxxx xxxx.lnk
or this
"ACTIONURL" = "\windows\fexplore.exe; \windows\start menu\games"
Yes you can
One last time, I think I've figured out how to help you.
1. Open Chome Config.
2. Scroll to MyApplication and select it with your center button.
3. Scroll to any page you want to edit. Then scroll down to where it says ActionURL. Press menu.
4. Once in the menu select the "1 Change URL" item.
5. Once you have selected that it will take you to a file explorer. Go to \Windows\Start Menu\Games. This is where your games should be. If not, then wherever you store, your games, navigate yourself to that folder and select the file you want.
I think this should cover it. Hope this solved your problem. HOLLA!!!!
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I have that already, All my games are under a folder which i cant make it as a action url
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How to change the location of CMyPhoto to \Storage Card\My Documents\My Picturs
Hello,
I've been trying to find a way to hide the battery indicator in the taskbar (I prefer to just have the Batti indicator).
In Schapp's Advanced Config the setting is already set to hide it, yet it still shows up, which leads me to believe TF3D has its own setting.
Can anyone shed some light on this (I've got the feeling the answer is staring me in the face)?
Danny
Hi
You have to make a choice: Either battery, or clock. As far as I know - you cant turn off both.
For disabling battery you need to hack your registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell "ShowTitleBarBattery" [DWORD=0]
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell "ShowTitleBarClock" [DWORD=1]
If both are set to 0 --> battery will show
If both are set to 1 --> clock will show
(RS: set both to 0, restart!)
dont forget to restart your device!
If these values are not in "shell" you need to create them. Also see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1250593&postcount=56
hope this helps
AO
Not sure if it's to do with some settings I can't find but when my location is updated on the weather tab, the weather on the clock changes but may be 2 or more degrees lower.
An example was earlier this week at home (all day). It was 1C at 6.00am, 3C at 7.00am and eventually levelled out at 12C from about 10.00am through to midday. The weather tab displayed 1C, 3C, 6C through to 12C across that same period but the weather on the clock displayed 0C for hours then 8C (don't know where that came from) and eventually caught up to 12C by midday.
It's as if they are both operating on different timezones but I have no idea where to check or correct it? However, I see that the timezone and msid are correct for my location. Is this unique to me or others having the same issue?
Did you set your clock also to "my location" or did you select a manual location ?
This should solve your problem I think.
Daan4suz
daan4suz said:
Did you set your clock also to "my location" or did you select a manual location ?
This should solve your problem I think.
Daan4suz
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Thanks for your help. The clock is set to My Location also .... just can't seem to find a reason or an answer at the moment